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Can Earned Income Credit money from income tax returns be taken to pay child support arrearages Or is the EIC money considered safe from garnishment?
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∙ 13y ago
NO earned income credit is not safe from garnishment. It is the same as taking money out of your paycheck, if you owe, they remove funds from your account.
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Does Mississippi allow wage garnishments?
Yes. After the wage garnisment is served the first 30 days of wages are totally exempt from attachment. After 30 days the garnishment can be a maximum of 25% of disposable income. Garnishments must run consecutively. Garnishment for child support arrearages is not considered a "true garnishment" therefore a creditor garnishment can run concurrently with the child support. Child support garnishment amounts will not be reduced due to another garnishment order.
Wage garnishment laws in Pennsylvania?
The state does not allow wage garnishment for creditor debt. It does, however, allow garnishment action for child support and federal and/or state tax arrearages. In some instances it will also allow garnishment for spousal maintenance which is often determined by the circumstances the case being addressed.
Can back child support be held out of Social Security?
Yes, if there is a valid court order for child support and/or child support arrearages.
Colorado garnish law for disability check?
Disability benefits are not subject to creditor garnishment. This law does not apply to child support or tax arrearages. Garnishment action for spousal maintenance depends upon the terms of the divorce decree.
How can an individual issue a wage garnishment against another person's taxes?
That is not a legal option. Tax refunds are subject to 'automatic' seizure only for tax arrearages, federally funded student loans and court ordered child support arrearages.
Can child support take longshoreman settlement?
All income, benefits, assests are subject to seizure/garnishment for child support and/or child support arrearages. The percentage of such is determined by the laws of the state where the child resides and the rulings of the court.
Can long term disability payments be garnished?
Not by a judgment creditor. They are subject to garnishment for child support, federal tax arrearages and in some cases spousal maintenance (alimony).
If support arrearages exist when does it end in Virginia?
If support arrearages exist when do it ends in Virginia
How many garnishments against an individual are allowed at a time in New Jersey?
Creditor garnishments can only run consecutively (one at a time). However, a creditor garnishment and a garnishment for child support and/or tax arrearages can run concurrently (at the same time).
Which US states allow wage garnishment?
* All US states allow wage garnishment for creditor debt with the exception of Pennsylvania, South Carolina, North Carolina and Texas (depending upon the debtor's circumstances). All US states allow income garnishment for child support, tax arrearages and in some states spousal support (alimony).
If you go on disability can you still be garnished by a sheriff or creditor even though the garnishment has already started?
Garnishment orders apply to wages or in some cases bank accounts. Sheriff's do not garnish wages they just serve the garnishment order. If you are not being paid by an employer there are no wages to be garnished. Disability benefits are exempt from creditor garnishment. They are not exempt from garnishment for tax arrearages or child support.
In Tennessee how many multiple wage garnishments are allowed by law?
The state does not allow simultaneous wage garnishment. One garnishment action by a creditor must be completed before another can be instated. Note: Garnishments for tax arrearages and/or child support are not "true" garnishments and they can be active in conjuction with a creditor wage garnishment.
